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It can be a rare thing, a sense of belonging. When you make music there can be equally intense private and collaborative moments, but it is often the act of sharing our creative output that provides the greatest sense of legitimacy and belonging.

We talk more and more at the CMC about the ways we compose—the precise definitions are less important than the assertion of there being many ways to compose, and many resulting identities for composers.

The Centre d’Expérimentation Musicale invites creators to apply for a creative music production residency. Along with musicians which are CEM members, the guest artists will be asked to perform one or many works in front of an audience. Those works will be shot with multiple cameras and multitrack recorded. This broadcast-quality recording will be available on the Web.

In 2018, three residencies of two or three weeks will be granted. One of those residencies is intended for cultural diversity (immigrants or persons of immigrant background who were born in Canada).